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Super Bowl XLVII By the Numbers

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An in-depth look at the stats, figures and trends to watch in Super Bowl XLVII.

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Super Bowl XLVII By the Numbers</p>

An in-depth look at Super Bowl XLVII through statistics, numbers, records and trends:

9: Career starts for Colin Kaepernick
Jeff Hostetler had started just four regular season games and six total before defeating the Buffalo Bills in thrilling fashion in Super Bowl XXV. Vince Ferragamo had started just five career regular season games and seven total before taking the field as the leader of the Rams' offense in Super Bowl XIV against Pittsburgh. Colin Kaepernick will rank third all-time with just seven regular season and nine total starts under his belt when he takes the field Sunday night. He is just the fourth QB to start in the Super Bowl in the same season in which he made his regular season staring debut (Ferragamo, Kurt Warner, Tom Brady). Ironically, nine also is the number of times Alex Smith was sacked by Baltimore in the only previous meeting between John and Jim Harbaugh in 2011’s 16-6 Thanksgiving win for the Ravens.

0: Interceptions thrown by 49ers QBs in five Super Bowls
Everyone knows the 49ers are 5-0 all-time in Super Bowls — the best record in NFL history. But a huge reason why that number stands where it does has been elite quarterback play. Joe Montana (122 att.), Steve Young (36 att.), Bill Musgrave (1 att.) and Elvis Grbac (1 att.) have combined to throw 17 touchdowns and zero interceptions in five Super Bowl appearances.

8: Joe Flacco playoff victories
Flacco is currently 8-4 as a starter in the playoffs for the Ravens. A win in the Super Bowl would give him a ninth playoff win and an NFL Championship ring. Why is a ninth playoff win worth noting for Mr. Flacco? Well, he is up for a new contract and is looking to sign a contract worth “Peyton Manning money.” As it turns out, with the win, Flacco would tie Manning with nine career playoff wins and one Super Bowl title. Manning is 9-11 in the playoffs. Another reason the number eight is special to Flacco? Only five QBs have finished a postseason with at least eight touchdown passes and no interceptions and all five won the Super Bowl and were named MVP (Montana, Young, Phil Simms, Troy Aikman, Drew Brees). Flacco enters Sunday with eight touchdowns and no interceptions thus far in three playoff wins.

416: Postseason rushing yards for Ray Rice and Bernard Pierce
Ray Rice has 247 yards in three playoff wins and two touchdowns. Bernard Pierce has 169 rushing and a 100-yard effort against the Colts on Wild Card Weekend. In fact, Pierce has been the leading rusher since Week 15 — when Jim Caldwell took over the play-calling duties. He has 401 yards while Rice has 397 over that span.

23-1-1: Jim Harbaugh’s record when his team scores at least 20 points
Jim Harbaugh is 27-8-1 as an NFL head coach and only once in his career has his team lost when scoring at least 20 points. That one loss came in his second career NFL game in overtime against the Dallas Cowboys. His teams are 4-7 when failing to score at least 20 points in a game including the NFC Championship game loss to the New York Giants a year ago.

75: Combined Ray Lewis tackles in 2000 and 2012 postseasons
Lewis led the 2000 playoffs with 31 tackles en route to his Super Bowl ring and game MVP trophy. Entering this Sunday, Lewis once again is leading the playoffs with 44 tackles.

110.5: Vernon Davis career postseason receiving yards per game
Davis has been dominant in the playoffs. In four career postseason games, he has scored five times, topped 100 yards three times and is averaging nearly 30 yards per catch (27.6 ypc). He is a freakish athlete who is a sneaky good pick to win the MVP and will be a matchup nightmare for anyone wearing purple and black.

$3.8 million: Average cost of a 30-second commercial in Super Bowl XLVII
The cost of a television ad in Super Bowl I was $42,000 per 30-second spot. That number reached seven figures for the first time in 1995 ($1.15 million) and has more than tripled since. This year, CBS is anticipating more than $225 million in ad revenue alone at a 30-second per unit cost of $3.8 million.

22: Sets of brothers who have reached the Super Bowl
It has happened for players and coaches, for different teams and in different years. But brothers Jim and John Harbaugh have taken the sibling rivalry to a new level coaching against each other in the same game. It is unprecedented on all levels.

$432 million: Projected economic impact on New Orleans
Home college football games in the football crazy SEC, say in Baton Rouge, are worth roughly $10 million in revenue to the college, surrounding city and local businesses. Super Bowl XLVII, according to a study conducted by the University of New Orleans, will be worth roughly $432 million to the economy of New Orleans, La.

1.23 billion: Projected chicken wings consumed during the game
The National Chicken Council — yes, there is such a thing — is projecting that Americans will eat 1.23 billion chicken wings during Super Bowl XLVII this weekend. That is a one-percent decline from last season.

Check out Athlon Sports' special Super Bowl section for more coverage on the Ravens vs. 49ers and the history of the big game.

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